celestial marriage

American  

noun

1. the rite or state of marriage, performed in a Mormon temple by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and believed to continue beyond death.

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Etymology

Origin of celestial marriage

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Strang’s first “celestial marriage” was to an intelligent young woman named Elvira Field.

From New York Times

One day Joseph was chatting about celestial marriage with Brigham and the unmarried Fanny Young.

From Salon

Heber stunned his daughter by telling her that her close friend, Sarah Ann Whitney, had already joined Joseph in celestial marriage.

From Salon

A farm girl who survived the brutal wagon march west from Nauvoo resists an arranged “celestial marriage” to an aging Mormon bishop — until a plague of locusts descends on their valley.

From Seattle Times

Her only hope of a future life depends upon her being united in "celestial marriage" to some man.

From Project Gutenberg